Test 12 · ★★ · Anger and fears

flash then i counted 10 secs b4 the bang, now its 4

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: flash · What happens: count · To what, where: 10 secs

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 counted	advmod
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 secs	nummod
6	secs	sec	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 counted	obj
7	b4	b4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 secs	flat
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bang	det
9	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 4	punct
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 4	advmod
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 4	nmod:poss
13	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 counted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	flash	10 secs			then	flash's 4 obl	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The storm is coming closer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coming	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coming	aux
4	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 coming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	the storm					close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The storm's moving away, nearly gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 storm	case
4	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 moving	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gone	punct
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 gone	advmod
8	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 moving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	gerund						away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	go	participle						nearly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Thunder's getting slower and slower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Thunder	case
3	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
4	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 getting	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slower	cc
6	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 slower	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						slow property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The storm's stopped for now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 storm	case
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 now	case
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 stopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	participle	the storm						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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